Meet the Photographer

When I was six years old, my dad gave me my first camera. It was a Kodak Instamatic, with a 12 exposure roll of film and a pack of flashbulbs. He taught me how to use the camera; but more importantly, Dad taught me that every photograph should be deliberate, and it should definitely have meaning.

Photography has changed a great deal since then. With today’s digital cameras, I no longer have to carefully ration twelve exposures. But the lesson my dad gave me has stayed with me: a photograph should always mean something.

With Hope Through the Lens, I’ve found that meaning.

Every woman who steps in front of my camera brings her own experiences, her own strength, and her own relationship with the body she sees in the mirror. These sessions aren’t simply about taking intimate portraits. They’re about giving a woman the opportunity to reconnect with herself, to become a little more comfortable with the body that is hers today, and to hopefully see herself in a way she hasn’t in a while.

For me, that makes these pictures worth taking.